Manny Arango

In this 30-day devotional that aligns with the book Crushing Chaos, respected pastor and Bible nerd Manny Arango charts the theme of chaos in the Bible, empowering readers to establish order in their chaotic lives. Ready to deepen your trust in God, grow your confidence in His plans for you, and establish order in every area of your life? This thirty-day devotional is your starting place, packed with scriptures, thoughtful insights, reflection questions, journal prompts, and uplifting prayers to make your month-long journey to peace one marked by hope, clarity, and direction. As you travel from Genesis to the Gospels and back to the Garden, the discoveries along the way will take you from the wilderness of chaos to the radical freedom that Jesus died and rose to accomplish--and to a fresh beginning where order is restored, peace prevails, and new mercies reign.

In this companion guide to the book Crushing Chaos, respected pastor and Bible nerd Manny Arango helps us establish peace by applying lessons from the gospel in our chaotic, disordered lives. Crushing Chaos is a deeply biblical and fresh look at what is wrong with the world and what is wrong with us. It is a book about sin, but maybe not in the way you might think. It dives into the monster stories of the Bible to reveal how chaos has always been holding people back from the life of dignity, joy, and purpose God has for us. Chaos shows up in our lives in the form of a struggling marriage, moral failure, past trauma, or present suffering. In this compelling, author-curated guide, readers will engage key questions, dig into the Bible, and complete activities that help them chart a path through the chaos to a life of order, joy, and peace. Whatever monsters you face, the Crushing Chaos Study Guide reveals how followers of Christ can rewire their lives for peace and join Jesus in the work of bringing order to our lives and world.

Respected pastor and Bible nerd Manny Arango reveals how the gospel empowers us to establish peace in our disordered lives by embracing God's design for us to be agents of order in a chaotic world. "Manny Arango doesn't pull punches in Crushing Chaos, and that's exactly why you need it. You'll laugh, you'll grow, and you'll be glad you picked this book up."--Travis and Jackie Greene, lead pastors of Forward City Church, South Carolina There is chaos in your life, probably more than you bargained for. But rest assured that the God of the Bible is neither intimidated nor stumped by your chaos. He knows exactly how to conquer it and create order in your life. The story of the Bible centers on God's work of bringing form and function to the messes we humans make. In fact, His solution for the Chaos found in Genesis wasn't to automatically provide peace--it was to establish order. And for good reason. In Crushing Chaos, pastor and self-proclaimed Bible nerd Manny Arango unfolds the ways that God faithfully, lovingly does just that, showing you how to conquer the chaos you've carried with you for far too long and restoring passion and purpose to your life. You'll discover how a path of surrender and self-sacrifice can lead you from a place of turmoil and confusion to a place of hope and peace. The answer is in saying "yes" to a radically reordered life. Amid the life and ministry, suffering and death, and triumphant resurrection of Jesus, we encounter the methods behind his mission (hint: they took pretty much everyone by surprise) to bring His people back to life in the Garden of New Creation, which we were originally intended--and are still destined--to call home. The One who triumphed over chaos once and for all wants to bring you out of the confusion of this broken world and into a divinely ordered life. Embark on this journey you were always meant to take and have joy fill your heart and hope flourish in your soul.

How to Be Mentally Strong in ChristYou can either take your thoughts captive or be held captive by them. The choice is yours. Scripture declares we will be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Manny Arango describes this process as God washing our brains. But how can we experience this healing power?This book is your biblical roadmap to:? win the battles in your mind? identify faulty ways of thinking? learn how to take every thought captive under the authority of Christ? overcome self-doubt, bitterness, and other mental strugglesYou can walk in secure confidence in who God made you and his plans for your life, moving from independence to intimacy with God, from insecurity to a strong identity, and from isolation to interdependence with others.